賽伯格的身體想像：史特拉克作品中的人機混種與再現政治

The Imagination of the Cyborg Body: Human–Machine Hybrid and the Politics of Representation in Stelarc’s Art

本文以澳洲當代藝術家史特拉克（Stelarc）的創作為研究核心，探討其作品中「賽伯格身體」的再現與想像，並以唐娜‧哈洛薇（Donna Haraway）的〈賽伯格宣言〉為主要理論基礎。哈洛薇提出賽伯格作為人與機械、自然與人工之間的混種體，象徵人類身分與邊界的解構與重組。史特拉克以自身身體為創作媒介，透過懸吊、延伸、植入與網絡連線等行為與生物技術實驗，實現賽伯格身體的可視化與具象化，展現科技滲入生命後所帶來的倫理與存在問題。
本文從理論與實踐兩層面進行分析。理論上，哈洛薇的「混種主體」觀點為理解史特拉克身體實踐提供了哲學基礎，說明科技如何打破人類中心主義並重塑身體的存在意義。實踐上，史特拉克的作品——如《第三隻手》、《外骨骼》、《手臂上的耳朵》——揭示身體作為科技介面的多重形態：既是被控制的對象，也是與機械共生的主體。研究指出，史特拉克的創作不僅展現科技對身體的延伸與改寫，更揭示人類在科技時代中面對自我、身體與認同之間的流動與矛盾。賽伯格身體因而成為理解當代科技文化與生命倫理的重要隱喻，象徵人類與機械共構未來的生成狀態。

This paper examines the representation and imagination of the cyborg body in the works of the Australian contemporary artist Stelarc, drawing primarily on Donna Haraway’s A Cyborg Manifesto. Haraway’s concept of the cyborg—as a hybrid of human and machine, nature and artifice—symbolizes the dissolution and reconstruction of human identity and boundaries. Through performances and biotechnological experiments involving suspension, extension, implantation, and network connectivity, Stelarc transforms his own body into a site of technological exploration, embodying the ethical and existential tensions that arise when technology penetrates human life.
The study combines theoretical and practical analysis. Theoretically, Haraway’s notion of the hybrid subject provides a philosophical foundation for understanding Stelarc’s bodily experiments, which question human exceptionalism and reconfigure the meaning of corporeal existence. Practically, works such as The Third Hand, Exoskeleton, and Ear on Arm demonstrate the body as both an interface of control and a medium of symbiosis between human and machine. This research argues that Stelarc’s practice not only visualizes the technological transformation of the body but also exposes the instability of identity and agency in the age of mechanized embodiment. The cyborg body thus emerges as a crucial metaphor for contemporary technoculture—signifying the evolving state of life co-created by humans and technology.